GILT vs. COMM, CRNT, AVNW, SATL, KVHI, VUZI, CMBM, CMTL, AIRG, and PL
Should you be buying Gilat Satellite Networks stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gilat Satellite Networks include CommScope (COMM), Ceragon Networks (CRNT), Aviat Networks (AVNW), Satellogic (SATL), KVH Industries (KVHI), Vuzix (VUZI), Cambium Networks (CMBM), Comtech Telecommunications (CMTL), Airgain (AIRG), and Planet Labs PBC (PL). These companies are all part of the "radio & t.v. communications equipment" industry.
Gilat Satellite Networks (NASDAQ:GILT) and CommScope (NASDAQ:COMM) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment and dividends.
Gilat Satellite Networks has a net margin of 8.08% compared to CommScope's net margin of -30.88%. Gilat Satellite Networks' return on equity of 8.02% beat CommScope's return on equity.
35.7% of Gilat Satellite Networks shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of CommScope shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Gilat Satellite Networks shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of CommScope shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Gilat Satellite Networks has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CommScope has a beta of 2.02, suggesting that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Gilat Satellite Networks has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CommScope. CommScope is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gilat Satellite Networks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Gilat Satellite Networks had 8 more articles in the media than CommScope. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Gilat Satellite Networks and 1 mentions for CommScope. CommScope's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Gilat Satellite Networks' score of 0.12 indicating that CommScope is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CommScope received 366 more outperform votes than Gilat Satellite Networks when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.75% of users gave CommScope an outperform vote while only 63.19% of users gave Gilat Satellite Networks an outperform vote.
Gilat Satellite Networks presently has a consensus target price of $8.50, indicating a potential upside of 60.98%. CommScope has a consensus target price of $4.02, indicating a potential upside of 217.79%. Given CommScope's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CommScope is more favorable than Gilat Satellite Networks.
Summary
Gilat Satellite Networks beats CommScope on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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